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- Christine Hallquist promised to open a “can of whoop-ass” on the Trump administration.
- Virginia Democrat Danica Roem tweeted, “Singling out and stigmatizing your transgender constituents isn’t just the antithesis of constituent service; it’s dangerous and gets us killed.” She became the nation’s first openly trans state lawmaker to be elected and seated last year.
- Massachusetts local library trustee Jordan Evans said, “As a Republican, it’s disgusting to see my party continue to push these types of things through in a world that’s changing.” Evans is thought to be the only openly trans Republican serving in elected office.
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Elizabeth Warren isn’t the only Democratic woman eyeing a 2020 presidential bid. New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and California Sen. Kamala Harris all but declared their candidacies last week, after visits to crucial early-primary states and news stories floating potential 2020 runs. Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is also reportedly exploring a possible bid for the White House.The National Republican Campaign Committee is spending $1.4 million on TV ads for Georgia Rep. Karen Handel, even though her race for the 6th Congressional District is currently rated “lean Republican.” The Michael Bloomberg–backed Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund has sunk more than $2.3 million into championing Handel’s opponent, Lucy McBath, whose teenage son was fatally shot by a white man angry about his loud music.FYI: Democrat Jon Ossoff spent $32 million losing the 6th District in a special election last year, in the most expensive House race in history.Kanye West donated $73,540 to Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia, which left her campaign debt-free. Enyia — a local activist who had less than $70 in her coffers just last week — couldn’t appear on the state ballot until she paid off thousands in fines she owed to the state of Illinois, after a failed 2015 mayoral campaign.Blessings: Last week, Chance the Rapper endorsed Enyia and catapulted her long-shot bid for the open seat into the spotlight.
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The GOP loves attacking Pelosi so much that Virginia Republican Rep. David Brat dropped her name 21 times during a 90-minute debate against Democrat Abigail Spanberger for the state’s 7th District. “I question against whether Congressman Brat knows which Democrat he’s in fact running against,” Spanberger shot back. She’s promised to vote against Pelosi for House speaker — along with at least 57 other Democrats.
“I talk about practicing OB-GYN — which I did most of my career — I talk about working with contraception, and at Planned Parenthood clinics. But I don’t make it the center point of my campaign.”
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